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This Earth Month, it\u2019s good to remember that there are a lot of things individuals can do for the Earth. Whether that\u2019s shopping secondhand, repurposing items around your house or working in clean tech fields, we can all find ways to align our lives with our passion for sustainability. This month, we\u2019re sharing the story of Salvador as a reminder that not only is supporting the environment good for the world, but it can also open the door to new opportunities for those who need it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":774124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-774123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-impact-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodwill.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodwill.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodwill.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodwill.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodwill.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodwill.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":774125,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodwill.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774123\/revisions\/774125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodwill.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodwill.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodwill.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodwill.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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This Earth Month, it\u2019s good to remember that there are a lot of things individuals can do for the Earth. Whether that\u2019s shopping secondhand, repurposing items around your house or working in clean tech fields, we can all find ways to align our lives with our passion for sustainability.\n\nThis month, we\u2019re sharing the story of Salvador as a reminder that not only is supporting the environment good for the world, but it can also open the door to new opportunities for those who need it.\n\nSalvador is a young individual who was impacted by the justice system. That made finding steady, gainful employment difficult. Thankfully, he was referred to Goodwill West Michigan (Muskegon) through the district probation office.\n\nThe team at Goodwill supported Salvador in pursuing his education and provided job coaching and mentoring to help him find the right path and gain the skills to maintain his new career long-term.\n\nThanks to his hard work, Salvador landed an internship with Chart House Energy and is now learning first-hand how to install solar panels. This opportunity gives Salvador the skills he needs to find full-time employment in the clean energy field.\n\nMore importantly, this process taught Salvador that when he puts in the work, he can make great things happen. When asked about his experience with Goodwill, Salvador said, \u201cI really feel like my hard work is paying off. It feels good to be potentially working the job I wanted. I never thought I\u2019d be here.\u201d\n\n \n